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Does HP XP Tiered Storage Manager Software require the purchase of HP XP Command View Advanced Edition Software? |
| A1. |
Yes. HP XP Tiered Storage Manager is a plug-in application for HP XP Command View Advanced Edition Software and requires that HP XP Command View AE be installed. |
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| Q2. |
How is HP XP Tiered Storage Manager Software licensed? |
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Licensing is based on total raw capacity of the XP Disk Array, plus total installed usable capacity configured as external storage. For the XP24000 and XP20000 there are special lower cost HP XP Tiered Storage Manager licenses for external storage. |
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| Q3. |
Like HP XP Tiered Storage Manager Software, HP XP Auto LUN Software also migrates data. How are these two products related? |
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HP XP Tiered Storage Manager Software includes the data migration portion of the HP XP Auto LUN Software functionality. HP XP Tiered Storage Manager additionally provides the ability to migrate user defined volume groups, has a wizard-based graphical user interface as well as a command line interface, and can send email notification when an event occurs. HP XP Auto LUN has the ability to make migration decisions based on disk array performance criteria. |
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